Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 237 · Decided 23 August 1988
SMT. Savithramma v. Cecil Naronha & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 237 · [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 561
- Case number
- CONTEMPT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 31997/1987
- Decided
- 23 August 1988
- Bench
- E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, K.N. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Contempt
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
Supreme Court Rules, 1966: Order XI, Rules 5 and· 13-Affi­ davit-Mode of placing evidence-Defective affidavit has no probative value-Strict compliance with rules-Proper verification-Especially where allegations.of ma/a [ides or disobedience of Court's order made­ Necessity for. The orders of this Court. In paragraph 2 of the affidavit in support of the petition, the complainant stilted that the statemenis contained in the petition• were true to the best of her knowledge, belief and information. In paragraph 3 she further stated that the affidavit had been read over,
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